(Left) Dr. Télesphore Parizeau, date unknown (Right) Louis de Lotbinière-Harwood, 1918

(Left) Télesphore Parizeau (1867–1961) studied in Paris from 1890 to 1896 where he received his degree from the Faculty of Medicine. Upon returning to Québec, he reorganized the bacteriology and pathology laboratories of the Faculty of Medicine of Montréal’s Université Laval (later renamed Université de Montréal). In 1900, he was named Professor of Bacteriology, and served as the Associate Dean (1927–1934), and then the Dean (1934–1938) of the Université de Montréal’s Faculty of Medicine. He was the first Director of Surgery for Montréal’s Radium Institute and, in October 1930, was hired as the Institute’s Superintendent. He resigned from the position in 1933. 

(Right) Louis de Lotbinière-Harwood (1866–1934) was a gynecologist trained in Québec who held a professorship in gynecology at Montréal’s Université Laval in 1905 after receiving training in Europe. He became the Director of the Université de Montréal’s Faculty of Medicine in 1918; a position he held until his death. Under his direction, the Faculty of Medicine was modernized through numerous reforms, for instance, by fostering closer collaboration between the Faculty of Medicine and the Faculty of Sciences. The inauguration of the Radium Institute is an example of these efforts coming to fruition. He was the Institute’s Director of Gynecology and Superintendent until 1933, just a few months before his passing.